South Kensington

Ralph Ward-Jackson's 45th-birthday party

Had you been flitting about the room at Ralph Ward-Jackson's
45th-birthday bash in South Ken's Polish Hearth Club, catching
snippets of conversation, you would have felt like you were
flicking through radio stations. Baroness Fall and Baroness Finn
were discussing politics; Tom Bower and Gary Gibbon were sharing
conspiracy theories; on the terrace a brace of Ukrainian beauties
were comparing notes about their modelling careers; and in another
corner Edward Seyfried regaled Alice and Eliza
Cockerell with horticultural tips. No wonder nine-year old Isabella
Ward-Jackson, who spent the evening charming the grown-ups with her
chatter, was miserable when she had to leave.